Vocabulary
Environmental Factors
Egypt
Canaan
Kush
100
The shape and elevation of surface features, such as mountains or deserts of a place or region
What is topography
100
List the three environmental factors
What is water, topography, vegetation
100
The main river source for the Egyptians
What is Nile River
100
Canaan was located next to this sea
What the Mediterranean
100
These provide protection from invaders due to the hot and difficult environment
What is deserts
200
The plants of a place or region
What is vegetation
200
Drinking
What is water
200
Northern section of the Nile River, most fertile section
What is Nile Delta
200
This was a freshwater lake in Canaan
What is Sea of Galilee
200
Name the two main deserts around Kush
What is Libyan and Nubian
300
Mountains, deserts, lakes, forests are all examples of
What is landforms
300
Protection from invaders by cataracts or a desert
What is topography
300
A nation in Northeast Africa, first settle around 3100 BCE
What is Egypt
300
A land in Northeast Egypt, settled by the Ancient Israelites from about 1800 BCE to 70 CE
What is Canaan
300
A society along the Nile River, south of Egypt, from about 2000 BCE to 350 CE
What is Kush
400
These are water, vegetation, and topography and they affect how people settle the land
What is environmental factors
400
Plant life, fruits, vegetables,
What is vegetation
400
Body of water north of Africa
What is Mediterranean Sea
400
This river was very important to life in Canaan but it did not flood like the Nile
What is the Jordan River
400
A river that flows from the Lebanon Mountains, south through the Sea of Galilee
What is Jordan
500
The longest river in the world at 4,000 miles.
What is Nile River
500
Definition for topography
What is shape of the land
500
This was left behind by the flooding of the Nile,it was critical for farming.
What is silt
500
This mountain range was North of Canaan
What is Lebanon Mts
500
To the east of Kush was a long channel of very salty water called the
What is Red Sea